Tree-protector.



No. 700,820. I Patented May 27, |902.

A. RALSTDN.

TREE PROTECTOR.

(Application led Feb. 10, 1902.;

(No Model.)

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ALICE RALSTON, OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

TREE-PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. l700,820, dated May 27,1902. Application filed February 10, 1902. Serial No'. 93,362. (Nomodel.)

To @ZZ whom, t 11u03/ concern:

Be it known that I, ALICE RALsroN, a citif zen of the UnitedStates,residing at Nashville, in the county of Davidson and State ofTennessee, have invented certain new-and useful Improvements inTree-Protectors and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it ap pertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to tree-protectors.

The object of the invention is to provide a protector of this characterwhich shall be simple of construction, durable in use, comparativelyinexpensive of production, andr'ea'sily and quickly applied to andvremoved from a tree and which may be compactly' packed for storage ortransportation.

With this and other objects in View the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts,which will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularlypointedout in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a viewillustrating myinvention applied to a tree. Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the protectorin its fiat position or in the position in which it is stored or packedfor transporta tion, and Fig. 3 is a view of vthe removable stake.

Referring to the drawings, 1 denotes the body or shield of theprotector, which consists of flexible material, preferably,butnotneces-V` sarily, wire-netting, the meshes of which are of such gage asto exclude small animals and the marginal edges of which'are bound byrelatively stiff wires or rods, those at the horizontal edges beingdenoted by the numeral 2, and those at the side edges by the numeral 8.Brace rods or wires 4 are preferably employed. and extend across thebody of the protector and connect the rods or wires 3. Stakes 5 aresecured to the rods or wires 2 2 and 4 4. and have their lower endsprojecting below the lowermost wire 2 and are adapted to be driven intothe ground. The wires 3 3 are provided with vertically-disposed loops,or

eyes 6, Whichwhen 'the body portionis bentl around the tree-trunk areadapted to aline, and when so alined the removable stake 7 is insertedthrough said loops or eyes and with the stakes 5 5 is driven into theground, thus securely anchoring the protector to the tree. The rods orwires 2 2 and 4 4 serve to stien the body of the protector againstcollapsing and will effectually hold it in cylindrical form when-.inposition about the tree, while the stakes 5 5 and the wires or rods 3 3will serve Vtobrace'and support the body portion in vertical positionagainst endwise contraction, the stakes 5 5 and 7 serving additionallyto anchor'the protector in position.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction, mode of operation, andadvantages of the invention will be readily understood without requiringan extended explanation. l

Various changes in the form, proportion, and details of construction maybe made within the scope of the invention without departing vfrom thespirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

VHaving thus described my invention, what vI claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is Y Altrec-protector comprising a flexible bodyYporti on,rods connected to the upper and lower edges of the bodyportion, and rods connect- `ed to the body portion intermediate itsupper and lower edges, each of said-rods projecting -beyond the ends ofthe body portion and form'edwith eyes', end rods engaged with the eyesof said rods and each having angularlyprojected registering eyes,vertical stakes sevcuredto the upper and lower rods and having .theirlower ends projecting below the lower vedge ofthe body portion, and aAremovable driving-stake adapted to be inserted through theangularly-disposed eyes and with the iirstnamed driving -stakes to bedriven in the ground and thus anchor the body portion in position aroundthe tree-trunk, substantially asandlfor thepurposespecified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing wit= nesses. I

ALICE YRALSTON.

Witnesses: i

A. B. ANDERSON,

J. D. BROWN.

